11:37 PM,
Feb. 21, 2014

Written by

Christine Brennan
USA Today Sports

The reverberations of an Olympic judging decision that will be questioned for some time continued to be felt Friday around the figure skating world.

A high-ranking Olympic figure skating official, who spoke to USA Today Sports on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the topic, said the geographic makeup of the judging panel "was clearly slanted towards (Olympic gold medalist) Adelina Sotnikova," adding "this is what they can do."

The nine-person panel for the Olympic women's long program included judges from four former Soviet bloc nations - Russia, Ukraine, Estonia ...